Muxuyuan station

Muxuyuan

明孝陵·苜蓿园
Nanjing Metro
The Line 2 platform of Muxuyuan station
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese明孝陵·苜蓿园站
Traditional Chinese明孝陵·苜蓿園站
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMíng Xiào Líng·Mùxuyuán Zhàn
General information
Other namesMing Xiaoling Mausoleum
LocationXuanwu District, Nanjing, Jiangsu
China
Line(s)     Line 2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Other information
Station code213
History
Opened28 May 2010 (2010-05-28)
Services
Preceding station Nanjing Metro Following station
Minggugong
towards Yuzui
 Line 2 Xiamafang
towards Jingtianlu

Muxuyuan (Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum) Station is a railway station on Line 2 of Nanjing Metro. It started operations on 28 May 2010 along with the rest of Line 2.[1][2]

Statistics

It has a length of 199.68 m (655.1 ft), a width of 20.8 m (68 ft), a height of 14.46 m (47.4 ft), and it covers an area of 11,015 m2 (118,560 sq ft).[3]

Decorations

Since Line 2 of the Nanjing Metro is centered on Chinese traditional festivals, the theme of this station's decorations is the Qixi Festival.[4] At 700 m2 (7,500 sq ft), It features the largest painting area of any Line 2 station,[4] if not the entire Nanjing Metro system. Several traditional romance stories can be seen if one looks up at the ceiling, such as Niulang and Zhinü, Houyi and Chang'e and so on.[5]

In April 2013, the station became the second in the Nanjing Metro system, after Xuezelu, to install a set of "musical stairs" leading up from the station platform.[6] The stairs, christened "music stairs" (音乐楼梯), were intended to play chords from the Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto whenever passengers would use the stairs. However, repeated wear and tear on the steps has caused loss of this unique functionality.[7]

  • Entrance
    Entrance
  • Concourse and platform area
    Concourse and platform area
  • Painting of Zhinü on the ceiling
    Painting of Zhinü on the ceiling
  • "Music stair" leading up from the platform
    "Music stair" leading up from the platform
Another set of ceiling paintings on the tale of Niulang and Zhinü

Around the station

References

  1. ^ 大事记. Nanjing Metro. Retrieved 24 July 2018. 5月28日 南京地铁二号线及一号线南延线建成通车，运营里程跃居全国第四，初现网络化运营格局
  2. ^ 南京地铁二号线载人模拟运营 [Nanjing Metro Line 2 Undergoes Trial Runs]. Yantse Evening News (in Chinese). 23 May 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  3. ^ 车站简介. Nanjing Metro. Retrieved 25 July 2018. Find the station name and direct your mouse pointer to it, wait until the icon turns into a darker color, and click.
  4. ^ a b 节日文化墙现身地铁二号线. 南京晨报 [Nanjing Morning News]. 21 April 2010. 据介绍，元通站设的是"元宵节"，兴隆大街站"国庆节"，集庆门大街站的"中秋节"，茶亭站的"清明节"，莫愁湖站的"端午节"，大行宫站的"春节"，明故宫站的"重阳节"，苜蓿园站的"七夕节"，钟灵街站的"冬至"，马群站的"元旦"，南大站的"国际劳动节"。
  5. ^ "南京地铁". Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  6. ^ 音乐楼梯“亮相”地铁苜蓿园站. 中国江苏网. 23 April 2013.
  7. ^ 红楼主题墙、音乐楼梯遭破损 南京地铁很“受伤”(图). 龙虎网. 8 April 2015. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

32°02′25″N 118°50′06″E / 32.04028°N 118.83500°E / 32.04028; 118.83500